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Govt lays ground for Stronger Super

GOVT RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... the Stronger Super Peak Consultative Group, a panel made up of the 15 representatives of key stakeholders in the superannuation sector. The panel has been tasked with advising the government on how to best implement the Stronger Super package, announced ...

Large funds use scale to boost after-tax savings

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... prices, is only cost-effective for multi-billion super funds, research shows. In its paper, Towers Watson studied how superannuation funds can follow several strategies to optimise their after-tax outcomes within an Australian equity portfolio. The research ...

Maritime gives members a work out

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
Maritime Super has launched an online education program called 'the gym', joining the growing number of super funds eager to help their members know more about how to manage their savings. The gym is designed to make members 'financially fit' according ...

PC recommends govt-backed aged care equity release

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... number of options to improve aged care funding including the establishment of aged care savings accounts, using superannuation benefits and encouraging the use of equity release schemes. The Productivity Commission's (PC) Caring For Older Australians ...

AXA's North man joins NAB

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... the bank. He spent nine years developing product strategies and prior to his most recent AXA role was the head of superannuation and retirement incomes. In 2007, Barnett led the team that developed and launched the North platform and the range of North ...

APRA releases 2010 fund level returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... Goldman Sachs Partners Australia Super Fund maintained a minimum two per cent lead in both a five-year and seven-year superannuation industry assessment while other funds moved around the leader board. Meanwhile, Shell Australia emerged during the two-year ...

AustralianSuper posts solid quarter

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
AustralianSuper has posted a solid set of performance numbers across its investment options in the past six months, with all of the fund's pre-mixed options, bar one, beating their respective benchmarks. The super fund has posted its investment returns ...

ACFS names award finalists

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... (MFSS) to be held on 1 March 2011. The award nominees were selected for two categories, Investment Manager and Superannuation Fund. Finalists for the MFSS 2011 Investment Stewardship Award for Investment Managers are: Australian Ethical Investment Aviva ...

ESI and SPEC form Energy Super

FUND UPDATE  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
Energy Super is the new name to watch in superannuation after ESI Super and SPEC Super complete their merger in April. ESI Super and SPEC Super chairman Bob Henricks said Energy Super reflects their focus on the nation's energy industry. "We feel Energy ...

Intra-fund opens new doors for advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... include other areas of advice such as transition to retirement, intra-pension advice, nomination of beneficiaries, superannuation and Centrelink payments, and general retirement planning. While advisers have since raised concerns that consumers will ...